Walking trail
Woolbeding Landscapes
This is a gentle walk taking in wildlife, riverside views, and wide open landscapes.
Map
Start:
Woolbeding Parkland car park, grid ref: SU 87481 21970
1
Face the signboard, take the path to your right; cross a small track and follow beneath the line of pylons. Enjoy the views to your right, overlooking the South Downs. Continue over the brow of the hill and descend 100 metres to a place where paths meet.
2
From the track junction, go left, then the first right, which heads down the valley - you're in heathland here, a mixture of bell heather, ling, and dwarf gorse. Continue to the fork, go right and continue downhill until you reach where another path crosses the way. There's a small shady pond tucked away to your right.
3
Keep straight on down the valley, enjoying the views, until you see a track. Just before this track, turn right up a narrow path between trees, and follow this path, which at the end bears left to rejoin the vehicle track to cross the lane.
4
Look for the waymarker to your right, on the opposite said of the lane, then follow the footpath through the trees out into the open field. Continue along the hedgerow, cross the style, then turn left and go downhill through the fields, going under the pylons and along the next field; at the bottom, turn right along Stedham Lane.
5
Within 50 metres, to your left you'll see a waymarker pointing to a steeply descending path beside ancient beech trees. Head down the path to the bottom, by the river, where you'll find Stedham ford and old mill. Keep this side of the river Rother turn left and follow the riverside path. Continue, passing over a small wooden bridge, until you pass through a wooden gate, into a field.
End:
Woolbeding Parkland car park, grid ref: SU 87481 21970
